Reveries and Passions: 06/01/2006 - 07/01/2006
.PROFILE
sam.hsieh
twenty.two
biochem.uw
saved.by.Grace
.COMRADERY
.PREVIOUS
Friday, June 30, 2006
"Eve was created within the lush beauty of Eden's garden. But Adam, if you'll remember, was created outside the Garden, in the wilderness." [W@H]
"Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man. The masculine heart needs a place where nothing is prefabricated, modular, nonfat, zip lock, franchised, on-line, microwavable. Where there are no deadlines, cell phones, or committee meetings. Where there is room for the soul." [W@H]
i'm so gung-ho about doing somethin' more now...no more satisfactory living, i don't just wanna survive, i wanna LIVE. there's so much out there to do, explore, try ...what's holding me back? nothing but the menial chains of complacency, cowardice, and comfort. one of my goals is to go on a culinary tour to eat around Europe, Asia, and North America. and i also wanna play catcher at one of the softball games. and to try out every restaurant that offers summerlicious/winterlicious. and to grow a beard. and go camping "roughin' it" style. and i wanna help out with Caravan Ministries in Tijuana again. and i wanna...leave you with some concluding thoughts from Switchfoot...
the tension is here
between who you are
and who you could be
between how it is
and how it should be
Sunday, June 18, 2006
credit be given where credit be due
unfortunately, because of some confusion, i have to admit that authorship of the post from Friday June 16, 2006 cannot be accredited to me. i have not such wits and vivid imaginations to conger up the writing from the aforementioned date. the true writer of the post is the man whom will have 40 less dollars this coming friday.
in other news, i'm really excited to read Wild At Heart. just reading the back-cover gave me warm-fuzzies.
Saturday, June 17, 2006
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken...Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket...it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell."
Clive Staples Lewis
Friday, June 16, 2006
sometimes you wake up in the morning and its a beautiful day. yawn, stretch, scratch yourself... and before you know it, you'e 30 minutes late with scratch marks all over your body.
in the elevator you bump into ms right. the bad news is she's 45, has dentures and has a secret little pedophile crush on you. the good news is that her ridiculously pretty 20 year old niece was in town. this ti-cat lover had it all: big brown eyes, long flowy hair. and oh my goodness, she's mixed. this little one was a head turner yes she was...
but i digress. anyways, the three of you stand awkwardly in the elevator with you and said pretty girl exchanging a few longing glances at another (i guess chicks do dig scars...) and ms right was staring intently at she was licking her chops.
anyways, we reach the parking floor.... and only you and the pretty girl walk out. apparently ms right's metal leg was magically fused to the elevator door. you later learn that said pretty girl aced metal shop and carries a blowtorch around in the hopes that she'll meet a pretty boy.
and today, she found you. and so with ms right looking on lustfully, you turn back, give her the wink and the gun (hey, she's gonna be stuck there a while. might as well give her something to think about), put your arms around the pretty girl, and embrace as the door closes and the elevator crashes to oblivian.
so what was the point of that story? just to say that its a beautiful day, and i'm one step closer to meeting ms right......'s niece. and yes ma'am i'm waiting and i'm prepping myself. i even have a workout regiment that's preparing me for you.
3 sets of 2 - bleach.
see... this way, i'll already have habituated myself from the outside world and when you arrive, you will have my undivided attention... after you break my computers and force me to wear a dog leash around my neck
3 sets of 50 - push ups
well you know, someone's gotta have boobs in the family. and seeing as how you're part asian... well we have a 50-50 chance of... oh dang, i didn't just say that.
1 set of 1 - all bran
i'm keeping my body regulated and flowing. livin the good life and waiting for you to come to make it great.
in the famous worlds of squall to rinoa, "i'll be waiting for you"